09-19-2018 ■ On 18 September 1961, Uprona party led by Prince Louis Rwagasore won the legislative elections. The party followers have divided themselves into groups for a long time. Leaders of the party diverge on the reconciliation process. Abel Gashatsi, chairman of Uprona party says the victory the party won in (...)

09-17-2018 ■ The representatives of the coalition Amizero y’Abarundi (FNL fraction) met on Wednesday 12 September. The item on the agenda was the creation of a political party. The boss of the second largest political force in the country has a great challenge: to have a political party. This Wednesday, more (...)

09-14-2018 ■ On the eve of the celebration of the World Democracy Day on 15 September, politicians say there is still a long way to go towards strong and lasting democracy in Burundi. Abel Gashatsi, Chairman of Uprona party says there are some issues that need to find solutions even if (...)

09-14-2018 ■ The security ministry warns private security companies that do not comply with regulations. In a meeting with private security and surveillance companies that operate in Bujumbura, Ménédore Ntirampeba, Director General of the department of planning and strategic studies at the ministry of public security has given a two- month (...)

09-14-2018 ■ Burundi Senate plans to conduct a survey among foreign Non-Governmental Organizations-NGOs to ensure that they respect 60% of “Hutu” and 40% of “Tutsi” ethnic groups. Anicet Niyongabo, Second Deputy Speaker of the Senate says the higher chamber of parliament will deploy a group of senators to carry out a (...)

09-13-2018 ■ The Burundian political opponent Agathon Rwasa held a meeting this September 12 with about his 500 supporters from different provinces of Burundi. They decided to create a new political party called National Liberty Front– (FNL) Amizero y’Abarundi. “We have met with our members to create a new political party (...)

09-12-2018 ■ Mr. Doudou Diène, Mrs. Lucy Asuagbor, and Mrs.Francoise Hampson, all UN human rights experts, have just been declared persona non grata on the Burundian territory by the government which they had accused of continuous human rights violations. Ezechiel Nibigira, Burundian Minister of Foreign Affairs, says the three UN investigators (...)

09-12-2018 ■ The UN commission of inquiry has recently released a report about human rights violations in Burundi. The lower and upper chambers of parliament reject the report saying it is fallacious. Pascal Nyabenda, Speaker of the National Assembly says those who made the report have their own interests and have (...)

09-10-2018 ■ On September 5, the commission of inquiry on Burundi published a report in Geneva. It again portrays a bleak situation of human rights violations. The Burundian president is implicated. It is the first time that the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi directly implicates the President of the Republic in (...)

09-07-2018 ■ “Despite the preparation, nothing new will come out of the next inter-Burundian dialogue round,” said Léonce Ngendakumana, deputy-chairman of the opposition party FRODEBU after a meeting with Michel Kafando, UNSG Special Envoy to Burundi. The latter met on September 6 with representatives of the opposition political parties based in (...)